tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post6863741073703563192..comments2020-06-06T23:44:19.046+01:00Comments on Capitalists@Work: Is There Life Outside London?CityUnslickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-7026303257869227132017-04-18T14:13:06.607+01:002017-04-18T14:13:06.607+01:00Yarm&#39;s pretty with a neat railway viaduct - Ro...Yarm&#39;s pretty with a neat railway viaduct - Rod Liddle hails from there. Used to be the place where Middlesbrough footballers would live.<br /><br />If you like appreciate a decent butchers get a bit further North to Hockings in Spennymoor - on a Saturday morn by far the busiest shop in the depressed centre.<br /><br />https://www.facebook.com/Hockingsbutchers/ Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-15955446433655152642017-04-18T13:33:00.022+01:002017-04-18T13:33:00.022+01:00Surely it&#39;s New &#39;Assel.
Joking aside this...Surely it&#39;s New &#39;Assel.<br /><br />Joking aside this is very worrying because there are plenty of places in the country which are not enjoying the prosperity which we Down South are. These problems need addressing otherwise we risk a kind of Northern Nationalism blame culture with its political trappings. As an English person who thinks his island and his island&#39;s neighbours work very well together I do not want this kind of fracturing to occur.Blue Eyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16556174219724957585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-51809687612668032372017-04-18T12:49:09.354+01:002017-04-18T12:49:09.354+01:00That shouldn&#39;t have published as anonymous...That shouldn&#39;t have published as anonymous...Peter Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-50007889074617360132017-04-18T12:48:16.238+01:002017-04-18T12:48:16.238+01:00Don Cox: Indeed, I lived for some years in Stockto...Don Cox: Indeed, I lived for some years in Stockton-on-Tees while working in Middlesbrough and though a Geordie mesell I have a soft spot for the place.<br /><br />EK: But, but, Newacastle DOES rhyme with tassel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-72016083160940792562017-04-17T22:24:33.964+01:002017-04-17T22:24:33.964+01:00This has become so widespread that Southern newsre...This has become so widespread that Southern newsreaders with home counties accents say &#39;Newcastle&#39; to rhyme with tassel. <br /><br />Really gets my goat. Electro-Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-78603229453529116732017-04-17T21:35:01.716+01:002017-04-17T21:35:01.716+01:00And Geordies get a bit tetchy when you prounounce ...And Geordies get a bit tetchy when you prounounce Newcastle to rhyme with arsehole, John Cheshire. (Relatives there too.)<br /><br />Not so mild mannered and easy going as they like to make out, these Northerners. <br /><br />(Since when did Londoners ever demand that Northerners pronounce &#39;London&#39; Laarnden ?)Electro-Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-85886547080273939912017-04-17T21:14:11.043+01:002017-04-17T21:14:11.043+01:00Yarm is nice.
Yarm used to be home to Tall Trees,...<i>Yarm is nice.</i><br /><br />Yarm used to be home to Tall Trees, one of the best nightclubs in the UK. I reckon only Fabric was more impressive. It was a 45 miles each way trip from south east Northumberland and was well worth hiring a minibus for and continuing on the bypass past what Newcastle had to offer, which was a lot around the turn of the millenium.<br /><br />But they knocked it down the other year. So if afternoon tea is the only reason to go there now let&#39;s face it, you can get a decent afternoon tea within 15 miles of anywhere.Steven_Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029437876479574883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-79564890336993716132017-04-17T19:17:54.816+01:002017-04-17T19:17:54.816+01:00Don - I have spent many a day on Teesside
Yarm is...<b>Don</b> - I have spent <a href="http://www.cityunslicker.co.uk/2013/10/so-farewell-teesside-power.html" rel="nofollow">many a day on Teesside</a><br /><br />Yarm is nice. Liked to stay at the Crathorne - better class of sausage altogether Nick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-69216385866199550482017-04-17T18:34:18.878+01:002017-04-17T18:34:18.878+01:00Remind me never to live in London.Remind me never to live in London.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-77243708240528497922017-04-17T17:31:05.441+01:002017-04-17T17:31:05.441+01:00Haverton Hill is indeed depressing, but go a littl...Haverton Hill is indeed depressing, but go a little further and you get to a good nature reserve, with seals basking on mud banks; and a neat nuclear power station.<br /><br />The main problem with Middlesbrough is that it is off the A1 and the main East Coast railway line. This adds half an hour to a journey to anywhere.<br /><br />Otherwise, it&#39;s a nice place to live. There are plenty of good houses at reasonable prices.<br /><br />Don CoxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-41304331474174022762017-04-17T16:28:15.634+01:002017-04-17T16:28:15.634+01:00@ 1:18 &amp; 2:53
Piss off, Mandelson.@ 1:18 &amp; 2:53<br /><br />Piss off, Mandelson.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-80684865545140784822017-04-17T14:59:14.634+01:002017-04-17T14:59:14.634+01:00That sausage looks suspiciously like a horse&#39;s...That sausage looks suspiciously like a horse&#39;s willy!Dick the Prickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02683095612320513712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-39810835791601786482017-04-17T14:53:46.343+01:002017-04-17T14:53:46.343+01:00Sausages!Sausages!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-9308971850105769492017-04-17T13:18:31.892+01:002017-04-17T13:18:31.892+01:00Er, and mushy peas.Er, and mushy peas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-15860899420278869052017-04-17T13:10:02.159+01:002017-04-17T13:10:02.159+01:00Cod??? North of Watford Gap, chips are served wit...Cod??? North of Watford Gap, chips are served with Haddock!Steven_Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029437876479574883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-5945000545999766972017-04-17T13:09:38.630+01:002017-04-17T13:09:38.630+01:00Sorry to be pedantic but I know from first hand ex...Sorry to be pedantic but I know from first hand experience that the inhabitants get a little irritated if you miss spell the name of their town; Middlesbrough.John in Cheshirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16304578727119582195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-31121880727457829782017-04-17T12:53:13.198+01:002017-04-17T12:53:13.198+01:00pen seive, the transporter bridge is worth using b...pen seive, the transporter bridge is worth using because it&#39;s an interesting piece of engineering and there aren&#39;t many left, but your relief at leaving Middlesbrough will be tempered when it deposits you in Haverton Hill, which is even worse.Peter Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-6901097506377214412017-04-17T11:29:52.409+01:002017-04-17T11:29:52.409+01:00What can you think of a political party which orga...What can you think of a political party which organised street parties to commemorate the death of an elderly lady (Margaret Thatcher). It&#39;s possible that even die-hard Labourites showed how disgusted they were by refusing to vote for those organisers. The best thing in Middlesbrough is the Transporter Bridge carrying you over to the other side of the River Tees.Penseivathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12891041602104672626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-76008495227610693492017-04-17T09:58:15.318+01:002017-04-17T09:58:15.318+01:00I have relatives in Middlesborough. As Labour as t...I have relatives in Middlesborough. As Labour as they come. I haven&#39;t spoken recently but have a feeling that I&#39;ll be meeting up with them soon. (Three doses of Orimorph yesterday.)<br /><br />On the Irish Sausage - I think they swing to the Left in Ireland too. Electro-Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-20095419535249945922017-04-17T09:15:33.582+01:002017-04-17T09:15:33.582+01:00Holiday Inn Express hardly qualifies as a hotel.
...Holiday Inn Express hardly qualifies as a hotel.<br /><br />I bet you paid over 100 euros for it too. Dublin hotel prices are crazy for the capital of a country that has fewer people than half of London. If you have the time, much better and cheaper to stay in Belfast and take the trainAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com